95 Citations
Capuchin monkey rituals: an interdisciplinary study of form and function
- PsychologybioRxiv
- 2020
Ritual interactions are exclusively dyadic, and between-dyad consistency in form is low, casting doubt on the alternative hypothesis that they enhance group-wide solidarity.
Dominance relationships in a group of domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)
- Psychology, Biology
- 2015
It is suggested that dominance remains a robust component of domestic dog behaviour even when humans significantly reduce the potential for resource competition.
Conflict management in wild spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis)
- Psychology
- 2010
Animals living in groups are frequently exposed to conflicts of interest which can escalate into aggression. Aggressive interactions may be a means to resolve incompatibility among objectives.…
Are demographic correlates of white‐faced capuchin monkey (Cebus capucinus) “Gargle and Twargle” vocalization rates consistent with the infanticide risk assessment hypothesis?
- Biology, PsychologyAmerican journal of primatology
- 2021
Monkeys gargled and twargled most frequently towards the alpha male, who is both the perpetrator of infanticide and the most effective protector against potentially infanticidal males.
The merits of self-handicap: The handicap principle as an explanation of altruism compared to reciprocal altruism
- Psychology
- 2016
Abstract This paper reintroduces the Handicap Principle theory as an explanation of altruism. Handicap Principle is a general theory which has been increasingly applied in various disciplines and…
Indirect selection and individual selection in sociobiology: my personal views on theories of social behaviour
- PsychologyAnimal Behaviour
- 2003
This is the story of my involvement in sociobiological studies. I first discuss group selection models, which were common in the 1950s. I then move on to kin selection and reciprocity models, which…
(Most) Algorithmic Animal
- PsychologyJournal for the Cognitive Science of Religion
- 2022
Rituals are a means of regulation – they are a means for maintaining coherence and attaining long-term goals, including social coherence. But does their efficacy depend entirely, or at all, on…
Socioecological correlates of social play in adult mantled howler monkeys
- PsychologyAnimal Behaviour
- 2022
Brief touch is different from a massage: insights from nonhuman primates
- PsychologyCurrent Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
- 2022